Monday, 18 March 2013

Recently Viewed

Flight

Ah, Denzel you little legend. I really didn't think I'd enjoy
this film-the story of a huge plane crash where the pilot (Denzel, who is
brilliant in this by the way) was heavily intoxicated and on drugs and his
subsequent trial but it had me gripped right from the start. I particularly
liked that I was left questioning how I felt about his character- a man who
although completely in the grip of his demons somehow still emerges as both a
hero and a villain- a very non black and white way of looking at someones
actions. Definitely worth a watch.

Argo

By now everyone's probably seen this Oscar winner, directed by
and starring Ben Affleck but I really enjoyed it so thought it was worth a
mention if you didn't get to see it in the cinema and were looking for
something good to rent. I'll be honest, political thrillers generally aren't my
sort of thing (although I have been loving Homeland) so I was initially
reluctant to watch this. Like so many times previously *half sarcasm* Hubster
talked me into this one and I'm glad he did. The true story of the audacious
CIA rescue of 6 U.S diplomats from Tehran during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis,
this movie moves along at a surprising pace and as cliched as it sounds I
really was on the edge of my seat the whole way through. I'd definitely
recommend.

American Mary

As you all know by now I love horrors. This however is just an
awful, awful film. I shouldn't even mention it in case somewhere, someone
reading this is intrigued enough to go and watch it themselves. Basically Mary
is a surgeon in training and starts to supplement her income by performing
weird surgical fetish procedures for people. All pretty weird but harmless till her
college professor drugs and horrifically assaults her and she goes a bit mental
as a result. The rest of the film documents her revenge against him and others
and her general devolution into becoming a full on psychopath. Unless you've got a
serious love for the macabre, the psychologically scarring and the visually
disturbing, I'd be giving this one a skip.. So that's a no then.

Frankenweenie

This being the brainchild of Tim Burton and starring Winona
Ryder, I had a feeling I'd enjoy it and I did. It's a 3D sci-fi black and white
movie about a young boy who resurrects his dead dog through Frankenstein-esque
techniques with slightly ghoulish but also hilarious consequences. To be
honest, I thought this might have been a little dark in places for younger
audiences but any adult Tim Burton fans will love this- it's beautifully made
and feels quite different to everything else I've seen recently.